#Stop playing games with the MTA leadership

#Stop playing games with the MTA leadership

“#Stop playing games with the MTA leadership” It’s facing multiple existential crises, yet the Metropolitan Transportation Authority is about to suffer a leadership vacuum thanks to Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the leaders of the state Senate. Chairman Pat Foye is leaving the agency’s helm in a week, with no permanent replacement on the horizon. Why?…

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#Tributes pour in for retired cop killed in Brooklyn

#Tributes pour in for retired cop killed in Brooklyn

“#Tributes pour in for retired cop killed in Brooklyn” The retired cop killed in a scuffle-gone-awry in Brooklyn was a doting dad and beloved neighborhood fixture, kin and pals said Tuesday — as authorities pushed for more details on exactly how he died. Former NYPD Transit Officer Thomas Marrinan, 57, was accidentally shot and killed…

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#Feds OK ‘environmental assessment’ of NYC congestion tolls

#Feds OK ‘environmental assessment’ of NYC congestion tolls

“#Feds OK ‘environmental assessment’ of NYC congestion tolls” New York can finally proceed with a shorter environmental review of its plan to toll downtown Manhattan car trips, the Federal Highway Administration said Tuesday — ending years of delays begun during the Trump administration. Under the FHWA’s decision, the MTA and city may now proceed with…

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#MTA delays board vote on two-year subway fare hikes

#MTA delays board vote on two-year subway fare hikes

“#MTA delays board vote on two-year subway fare hikes” The cash-strapped MTA is putting the brakes on controversial plans to raise transit fares, The Post has learned. Agency board members had been scheduled to vote Thursday on fare and toll increases in line with the agency’s policy since 2009 to enact increases every two years….

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#Leak floods NYC subway station, causing transit chaos

#Leak floods NYC subway station, causing transit chaos

“#Leak floods NYC subway station, causing transit chaos” A massive Christmas morning leak on Manhattan’s Upper West Side flooded the MTA’s 81st Street subway station and shutdown multiple train lines, officials said. Train crews caught the water seeping into the station on ritzy Central Park West at around 9 a.m., the MTA said. The A…

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#Watchdog rips MTA oversight of big-dollar contractors

#Watchdog rips MTA oversight of big-dollar contractors

“#Watchdog rips MTA oversight of big-dollar contractors” The MTA’s evaluation process for big-dollar contractors is “a pass/fail test where everyone passes” and in need of a “fundamental revamp,” the agency’s inspector general said in a damning new report. IG Carolyn Pokorny’s office found MTA managers gave nearly 100 percent of companies passing grades, allowing “problematic…

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